ICoBiCoBi 2003 - 3rd Call for Papers

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3rd Call for Papers
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ICoBiCoBi 2003
1st International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
14-16 May 2003
Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
http://www.vision.ime.usp.br/~icobicobi/
********** NEW DEADLINE: April 15th 2003 **********
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As we move into the 21st century, the unprecedented possibilities for
multidisciplinary research in biology are posed to concentrate a great
deal of the attention and efforts in science and technology. The
promising perspectives include not only understanding and treating
diseases, but also deciphering the secrets of life from the molecular
to the environmental levels. At the same time, the vast complexity
underlying the biological systems represents a considerable obstacle
that will only be circumvented through the combination of powerful
mathematical concepts and methods, allied to the use of effective
computational implementation and simulation.
The 1st International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology (ICoBiCoBi), to be held in Brazil from 14th to 16th May 2003,
represents a unique opportunity for bringing together under the
unifying theme of computer science a broad series of concepts,
problems and applications in biology. Special attention will be placed
on the combined use of concepts and techniques to address relevant
problems in biology.
Prospective authors are encouraged to submit one-page abstracts
reporting high-quality and innovative approaches to bioinformatics and
computational biology. Every accepted abstract will be published
electronically in the WWW, and those presented in the conference will
be considered for subsequent publication, in extended version, in
print in the respective proceedings (to be possibly published in the
indexed Lecture Notes Series). Works dealing on imaging-related issues
may be selected for a special issue of the Journal of Real-Time
Imaging (Academic Press - Elsevier) to appear in 2003.
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Invited speakers:
Michael Bittner - National Human Genome Research Institute
Yidong Chen - National Human Genome Research Institute
Stephen Koslow - National Institute of Mental Health
João Carlos Setubal - Universidade de Campinas
Sandro de Souza - Instituto Ludwig de Pesquisa sobre o Câncer
Fred Tecaia - Instituto Pasteur
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THEMES
Agronomy Drug Discovery
Genetics Data Mining
Computer Networks in Biology Biological Morphology
Developmental Biology Dynamical Systems
Molecular Engineering Complexity
Biophysics Neuroinformatics
Post-Genomics Statistics
Diagnosis Pattern Recognition
Gene Expression Networks Artificial Intelligence
Genetic Improvement Databases
Proteomics Parallel Computing
Optimization Software environments
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